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The Philadelphia 76ers aloof get the top document in the Jap Conference at 47-23, but they looked love the rest but championship contenders all the map through Thursday’s 106-94 loss to the Miami Heat.
“We took an ass-whooping,” head coach Doc Rivers in truth helpful newshounds. “All of us looked love we were stuck in the mud tonight. We were all substandard.”
Offense used to be the largest anguish for the 76ers in the loss, as Tobias Harris used to be the one Philadelphia player to ranking extra than 12 parts.
Joel Embiid managed ethical six parts and four turnovers in 25 minutes, Ben Simmons scored eight, and the group as an total shot 28 percent from three-level differ as it fell into a hole ethical away.
Miami jumped out to an 18-level lead in the main quarter alone and had sufficient breathing room to aloof desire by double digits even even supposing the 76ers won the fourth quarter by 10 parts.
That is two losses in a row for the 76ers, which has averted them from locking up the No. 1 seed in the Jap Conference. They are one game ahead of the Brooklyn Nets with two games final, even even supposing Philadelphia owns the tiebreaker after a success the season sequence.
It would aloof moreover be ready to clinch that No. 1 seed without counting on the tiebreaker, as its final two games are house in opposition to the 21-49 Orlando Magic.
Aloof, the 76ers will want to be severely better than they were Thursday in the event that they’ll earnings on their championship expectations.
